The Slush Fund Shuffle: Girl, We See You Trump!

About this episode

The episode discusses various controversies surrounding Trump, including lawsuits and diplomatic incidents.

This week on The Final Word , we are pouring ourselves a tall glass of “excuse me, WHAT now,” because Acting Attorney Tod Blanche swears Trump’s $1.8 billion Anti‑weaponization Fund is dead. But ummmmm… is it though? Because a Federal Judge just told Trump to haul himself into court and explain why his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS looks less like justice and more like a slushy fund for his White Nationalist besties. We’re not saying it’s giving corruption, but it’s giving corruption . Then we get into Trump appointing Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence — a move that instantly made the job title ironic. Like, dictionary‑definition ironic. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Maro Rubio told Congress that Trump hasn’t offered Iran sanctions relief just to open the Strait of Hormuz, which is the diplomatic equivalent of saying, “Your man is lying and we all know it.” And apparently Trump screamed “What the F**k are you doing?” at Benjamin Netanayu during a call about Israel escalating in Lebanon. Because nothing says “stable leadership” like yelling at allies on speakerphone. Seven Democratic‑led states are suing to block Trump’s taxpayer‑funded plan to pay an…

People in this episode

Host: Frangela Duo

Topics covered

• Trump
• corruption
• politics
• national security
• diplomacy
• lawsuits
• energy policy

Keywords

• Trump
• lawsuit
• corruption
• national intelligence
• energy policy
• diplomacy
• IRS
• White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IRS, White House, Democratic, Congress, energy company

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